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Typing to Reach You Posted Wed 23 Apr, 2008 11:45 AM |
Google tells me it's St George's day today. So lets give some love to ol' Saint George, 'cos he's always forgotten, and he killed dragons or something, which makes him cool.
Respect to Saint George!
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Aída Posted Wed 23 Apr, 2008 11:47 AM |
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Typing to Reach You Posted Wed 23 Apr, 2008 11:54 AM |
Aída wrote: am I too stupid if I post I dunno who this guy is? *blushes*
In the words of wikipedia: St. George is the patron saint of Aragon, Canada, Catalonia, China, England, Ethiopia, Georgia, Greece, Montenegro, Palestine, Portugal, Russia, and Serbia, as well as the cities of Amersfoort, Beirut, Ferrara, Freiburg, Genoa, Ljubljana, and Moscow, as well as a wide range of professions, organisations and disease sufferers.
But nobody really knows who he is. Saint Patrick gets all the fame. I bet George is dead jealous. |
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Aída Posted Wed 23 Apr, 2008 12:01 PM |
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Typing to Reach You Posted Wed 23 Apr, 2008 12:41 PM |
I this this pretty much gets it right regarding the problem with St George's Day - nobody knows how to celebrate it.  Maybe we're supposed to go out an kill a dragon. |
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Aída Posted Wed 23 Apr, 2008 12:43 PM |
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AbsolutPurple Posted Wed 23 Apr, 2008 1:35 PM |
| i heard that rain on St George's day means bad weather for the future |
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Typing to Reach You Posted Wed 23 Apr, 2008 1:38 PM |
AbsolutPurple wrote: i heard that rain on St George's day means bad weather for the future
No wonder St George's Day is ignored in England... it's like automatic bad luck. |
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AbsolutPurple Posted Wed 23 Apr, 2008 1:41 PM |
Typing to Reach You wrote: AbsolutPurple wrote: i heard that rain on St George's day means bad weather for the future
No wonder St George's Day is ignored in England... it's like automatic bad luck.
perhaps |
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Scottish Dubliner Posted Wed 23 Apr, 2008 1:42 PM |
AbsolutPurple wrote: i heard that rain on St George's day means bad weather for the future
You may be mixing that one up with St.Swithin's Day
Dubz
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Typing to Reach You Posted Wed 23 Apr, 2008 1:44 PM |
AbsolutPurple wrote: Typing to Reach You wrote: AbsolutPurple wrote: i heard that rain on St George's day means bad weather for the future
No wonder St George's Day is ignored in England... it's like automatic bad luck.
perhaps
Although the April showers seem to be keeping at bay today, so maybe that's a good sign. :)
Is there a saint of France? |
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AbsolutPurple Posted Wed 23 Apr, 2008 1:46 PM |
Scottish Dubliner wrote: AbsolutPurple wrote: i heard that rain on St George's day means bad weather for the future
You may be mixing that one up with St.Swithin's Day
Dubz
I don't think so cause my dad said something about bad weather on St George's day this week end.
If i recolllect what he said he also mentionned vineyards.
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ricv64 Posted Wed 23 Apr, 2008 2:12 PM |
the dragons final show
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTwgefASb3U |
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Lemon Grinner Posted Wed 23 Apr, 2008 2:27 PM |
Does this mean I can get drunk today as I am of this English sort and I am celebrating dragonary slayings?
I get tipsy too easy :( |
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Peewee Posted Wed 23 Apr, 2008 2:27 PM |
George got around a bit then yeah!
I always wanted to be a dragon rider! I wanted my very own Saphira....how cool would that be! :) |
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